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hearth

英 [hɑːθ]美[hɑrθ]
  • n. 灶台;炉边;炉床;壁炉地面
  • n. (Hearth)人名;(英)哈思

英英释意


1. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built;
"the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"
"he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"
"the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"
2. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace;
"driven from hearth and home"
"fighting in defense of their firesides"
3. an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room);
"they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
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